Stories by Anneke Smith

Man who stabbed ex-wife to death in West Auckland found guilty of murder.

A man convicted of raping a woman in an Auckland motel has lashed out at the judge who found him guilty.

The Crown says a man verbally abused and emotionally blackmailed a woman before raping her, but his lawyer says the pair had consensual sex.

A woman who says she was raped by a man in an Auckland motel has been accused of fabricating her story.

A man who threw his stepson at a sofa, causing injuries that later killed him, has been jailed for nearly six years.

The two people charged in the New Zealand Foundation case have pleaded not guilty and elected trial by jury.

The former flatmate of a man on trial for stabbing his ex-wife to death says the accused was "fixated" on killing the woman and showed a box full of weapons.

A man accused of killing a 10-month-old baby boy in Manurewa last month has pleaded not guilty.

A man accused of murdering his ex-wife with a hunting knife in broad daylight on a suburban West Auckland street has gone on trial.

A man accused of physically and sexually abusing his ex-girlfriend has been found guilty on all of the charges he faced.

The judge presiding over the trial of a man accused of physically and sexually abusing his ex-girlfriend has reserved his decision.

The lawyer for a man accused of physically and sexually abusing his ex-girlfriend has pressed his accuser over recollection of violence frequency.

A woman has detailed a graphic account of physical and sexual abuse she says she suffered at the hands of her ex-boyfriend.

The media's latest bid to name the accused in the New Zealand First Foundation court case has failed.

Secrecy continues in the case of the pair charged after the SFO's investigation into the foundation and its handling of donations after the media's urgent appeal was dismissed.

Media outlets, including RNZ, are seeking an urgent appeal over name suppression granted to two people charged in the NZ First Foundation donations case.

The pair charged after the SFO's investigation into the New Zealand First Foundation are accused of using a "fraudulent device, trick or stratagem" to secure more than $700,000 then used to pay…

A High Court judge has dismissed the New Conservative Party's bid to be included in TVNZ's multi-party debate.

Auckland Central is a diverse, young and highly-educated electorate three women are vying to represent this election.

The battle for the Auckland Central electorate is shaping up to be an unusual race with Green Party's Chlöe Swarbrick driving a 'two ticks' campaign.

The Zhenhua Data leak is "business as usual" for data collection, a technology commentator says.

It cost nearly $40,000 to fly the man responsible for the Christchurch mosque attacks to and from Christchurch in an Air Force Hercules for his sentencing.

Businesses along Karangahape Road, an area typically welcoming of rough sleepers, have seen a rise in antisocial behaviour since the first lockdown.

The man at the centre of the Young Labour summer camp scandal has been granted permanent name suppression.

A high-profile sportsman's bid for name suppression has come before the Court of Appeal - again - in the latest chapter of his fight to keep his identity secret forever.